The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

In the u. 5. Senate on the 18th Mr..
Hoar, from the Select Committee on
the Centennial of the Constitution, re-
ported a resolution, which was adopted,
declaring it eXpedient that the centen-
NAL anniversary OF the Inauguration of
the Constitution be celebrated IN April,
1889, by an address to be delivered be.
fore the President Of the United States
and the two Houses Of Congress by
the Chief Justice of the United States.
to which the representatives Of foreign
Governments shall be invited. and that
the occasion be further celebrated by
suitable civic or military o~bservances,
the details thereof to be settled here
after. The Pension and Army Appro-
priation bills we've passed, with some
slight amendments. The bill for the
establishment OF agricultural expert
ment stations were discussed. pending
which the Senate adjourned.
In the L. :. Senate on the 18th, Mr..
Morrill,, froGn the Commute on Finance,
reported a bill TO reimburse the deposit
tors Of the Freedman's Bank, and It
was placed on the calendar. Mr.. Haw-
ley, from the Select Committee on the
StilAtlllldi &CiT uId0lOD VI LuC ANNiOpAlbh
of the Constitution, reported a joint
resolution. which was passed, provid-
ing for the appointment of a joint
committee Of five Senators and eight
Representatives to cons der the expedi-
ency Of holding, III 1892, an inteTna-
tionai exhibition of tue industries and
productions of all countries. The
House bill, declaring the forfeiture of
certain lands granted to the New Or
leans, BATON Rouge and VicSsburg
Railroad Company, vas passed with
amendments. and goes back to the
House. Adjourned.
HOUSE
In the L. 5. House of Representa-
tives On the 18th, Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia,
presented the conference report on the
Inter. State Commerce bill, and gave
| notice that he would call 1t up al an
early day. Bills were reported for the
consolidation of customs districts; the
collection of more accurate statistics OF
export. emigration and immigration,
and the retirement and recoinage of the
trade dollar. Tile resolution for an in
vestigation of the accounts OF the
Pacific Railroads was discussed until
the expiration of the morning hour,
A conference committee was appointed
on the antl-Polygamy bill. The River
aud HarbOr bill wasconsidered in Com
mittee of the Whole, pending which
the House adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, the
Edmuuds Anti polygamy bill, with
| the Tucker substitute therefor, was
taken up and discussed by Messrs.
Bennett, of North Carolina; E. B..
Taylor, If Ohio; Game, Of Utah;
REED, OF Maine; Cdswell, of Riscon-
sin, and Tucker, Of Virginia. Mr..
fuckers substitute WAS then agreed
to. and the bill as amended was
passed without a division. only eight
members rising to demand the yeas
and nays. The House then ad-
ljOurned.
In the House on the 18th bills were
introduced and referred under the call
of States, among them the following:
BY Mr.. Findiay, of Maryland (by re-.
Questl to make gold and silver com
juInly legal tender; to authorize the
issue of legal tender certificates for
half gold and half liver com, and to
provide that the fund for redeeming
treasury notes, and that the com re-
serves of National banks shall be held
one-half in gold coin and one-half i'll
silver coin. BY Mr.. Lowering, of Mas
~sachusetts, granting a p nsion of S25
Il month to Walt Whitman. BY Mr..
Kelley, of Pennsylvania, appropriate
$780, 100 to promote the colOred peO'
ple's Worlds Exhibition, to be held at
Birmingham, Alabama, in September
next. BY Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylya-
MIA, for the appointment of a commis-
sion to represent the Uni.ed States
IGovernment in the Constltu iOnal Cen
tennial Commission. Mr.. Townshend,
of Illinois, called up, as the unfinished
business, tue melton 70 suspend the
rules ard pass the iillfor the protection
f innocent purchasers of patented AZ
| ticles. The rules were then suspended,
and the house passed the bill for the
relief of dependent parents and honor
ably discharged soldiers and sailors who
are now disabled and dependent upon
their own labor for support. The Spn-
ate amendment to the Mexican Pension
bill was concurred in. and the bill goes
70 Tue ILcSluoits AhO lLOuSC Sl'Cu GU
journed.
In the House, on the 18th, Mr..
lowering, of Massachusetts, from the
Committee on Invalid Pensions, re-
ported a bill increasing from S12 to
800 the pension of soldiers and
sa Tors who have lost both arms. Mr..
Belmont, Of New York. from the
lCommittee on Foreign Affairs, re-
ported a bill for the appointment of
a Commission to investigate concern
ing losses and injuries inflicted since
| December 81, 1885, upon United
States citizens engaged in North At
iantic fisheries. Both the above bills
we're referred to the Committee of
the Whole. The joint resolution,
authorizing an investigation of the
accounts OF the Pacific Railroads, was
considered. Several amendments, in
creasing the scope of the investigation,
we're agreed to, and the resolution
was passed without a division. The
conference report on the Interstate
Commerce bill was taken up and dis
cussed, but not acted upon. The
Post-ofice Appropriation bill was re-
ported and referred to The Committee
of the Whole. a conference commit
iee was appointed on the Army Ap.
preparation bill. Adjourned.
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